An example of C++ maps

The following example shows the working of C++ maps. This also has a simple example of union which is sometimes used in C and C++ programs

//Program tested on Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 - Zahid Ghadialy
//This program shows an example of how maps work.
//In maps, the first parameter is key and second value
//The keys in the map are automatically softed from lower to higher
#include<iostream>
#include<map>
#include<string>

using namespace std;

//defining a union that is used with newMap_
union uu
{
  char c;
  int i;
} u;

//Lets define two different maps
//The first parameter is key and second value
map<string, int> portMap_;
map<void *, uu> newMap_;

int main()
{
  //first entry in portmap
  portMap_["first"] = 1;

  //example of using the iterator
  map<string, int>::const_iterator it;
  string z = "second";
  it = portMap_.find(z); //not in the map so wont be found
  if(it == portMap_.end())
  {
    portMap_[z] = 22; //add second element
  }

  //Add thrid element directly
  z = "third";
  portMap_[z] = 12345;

  //Add 4th element by insert
  portMap_.insert(pair<string,int>("fourth", 4444)); 

  //Add 5th element by insert
  portMap_.insert(pair<string,int>("fifth", 5555)); 


  cout<<"\n** Printing the portmap_ values **"<<endl;
  for(it = portMap_.begin(); it != portMap_.end(); ++it)
    cout<<"Key = "<<it->first<<"   Val = "<<it->second<<endl;

  cout<<"\n** Removing fourth element **"<<endl;
  z = "fourth";
  it = portMap_.find(z);
  portMap_.erase(it);

  cout<<"\n** Printing the portmap_ values **"<<endl;
  for(it = portMap_.begin(); it != portMap_.end(); ++it)
    cout<<"Key = "<<it->first<<"   Val = "<<it->second<<endl;

  //Playing with New Map
  cout<<"\n\nCreating New Map whose key is a void pointer"<<endl;

  uu u_val1, u_val2;
  void *val1, *val2;
  u_val1.i = 70, val1 = &u_val1;
  newMap_[val1]=u_val1;

  val2 = val1;
  map<void *, uu>::const_iterator it_new;
  it_new = newMap_.find(val2);
  if(it_new != newMap_.end())
  {
    u_val2 = it_new->second;
    cout<<"Note that since u_val2 is a union you can print i or c as required"<<endl;
    cout<<"val2 = "<<val2<<"    value.c = "<<u_val2.c<<endl;
    cout<<"val2 = "<<val2<<"    value.i = "<<u_val2.i<<endl;
  }

  return 0;
}

The output is as follows: